Heavenly Ranking

Chapter 39 Hunting
Ji Fuyou's figure raced wildly through the mist.

Although visibility worsened as the fog thickened, ...

The light source available in the dimly lit cave is extremely limited.

He moved through the interior almost entirely by relying on his mental perception.

When mental power is stimulated to its limit, it is as if one possesses the "divine sense" of a cultivator. Through the interaction between the human body and the outside world, one continuously collects subtle information from the surroundings and then forms a three-dimensional image in the brain.

This is the foundation upon which he can walk on flat ground amidst the fog.

Similarly, this is why every hunter's squad must have at least one intermediate-level mental ability user in order to hunt monsters in the mist.

On the one hand, those with mental abilities are highly efficient at searching for alien beasts.

on the other hand……

In many environments, even martial artists with a physique of 15 or higher who have gained night vision are still unable to navigate through the fog and can only rely on the mental perception of those with spiritual abilities.

The seasonal floaters move at an extremely fast speed.

In just a few minutes, they had traversed over a thousand meters and arrived at the location where they first encountered the mutated giant scorpion in the dream.

Next, he hid behind a stalactite pillar and waited quietly.

"If... this time, just like last time, the mutated giant scorpion appears precisely and exactly as I saw in my dream, then it proves that the scenes shown in my dream are indeed fragments of the future!"

One or two times could be considered a coincidence.

But the third time was the same...

This cannot be explained by mere coincidence.

Although the underlying principles are not yet understood.

It's unclear why he always dreams of a strange, unusual beast, but...

He must do everything in his power to seize this advantage and grow rapidly in order to protect himself in that terrible future.

Protect those around you.

In an instant, Ji Fuyou gripped his sword tightly, maximizing his spiritual perception.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes...

This time, the wait lasted only four minutes before a faint sound came from the mist.

Accompanying this were a series of "click-click" sounds.

Then, a gigantic figure, identical to the one in his dream, gradually emerged from the mist.

"That's it!"

Ji Fuyou's eyes narrowed.

Almost the instant the mutated giant scorpion appeared, it sensed his location as if it had activated a full-map cheat.

Without the slightest hesitation, they rushed straight towards his location.

"Truly like divine sense, a perception that sweeps across dozens of meters around the body!"

Ji Fuyou instantly realized something.

Without hesitation, he leaped up from where the stalactite pillar was located and rushed towards the direction where the trap was set at top speed.

"Oh!"

The stalactite pillar behind him, nearly a meter in diameter, was shattered by the giant scorpion's armored body.

Dozens of tons of stones were scattered all over the ground, stirring up dust.

The same.

It's exactly the same scene as in my dream!
"it is good!"

Ji Fuyou gripped his sword tightly. When the mutated giant scorpion, carrying dust and mist, pounced at him with a speed far exceeding his own, he suddenly leaped into the air.

The next moment, the mutated giant scorpion followed closely, its massive pincers raised high, carrying immense, unstoppable force, and viciously clamped down on Ji Fuyou, who was leaping through the air...

"Buzz!"

Just then, a sound like an arrow bowstring snapping was heard.

The mutated giant scorpion, which was about to clamp down on Ji Fuyou's body, suddenly noticed and turned around.

"call out!"

A 1.5-meter-long heavy arrow shot into the body of the mutated giant scorpion with terrifying speed.

The force contained in the heavy arrow was so great that even a behemoth like the mutated giant scorpion, which was 2.5 meters tall and more than 4 meters long, could not fully withstand it, and its body, which weighed more than ten tons, couldn't help but tilt slightly.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ji Fuyou escaped from the jaws and landed on the ground.

Without hesitation after landing, he rolled on the spot to dissipate the force, and then his leg strength exploded again.

Straighten up! Charge forward!
Because his mind had already made a precise judgment...

The arrow did not hit the mutated giant scorpion's vital spot. Thanks to the vitality granted by the monster's powerful physique, it still had enough ability to fight back.

As he charged forward, a suffocating sense of oppression came from behind him.

The next moment, Ji Fuyou felt himself sinking into an indescribable fear, under which a thought of submission and begging for mercy arose in his mind. These thoughts constantly eroded his thinking, interfered with his consciousness, and repeatedly told him that only by immediately kneeling down, submitting to the great scorpion god behind him, and becoming its most humble servant, could he be forgiven.

Only then can we survive!
"Mystic magic!"

Ji Fuyou's eyes widened.

He had always known that this was a mental-type beast, whose spirit was always in a highly concentrated state, and he was confident that he could fight against the mental magic of even high-level mental ability users.

But when the mutated giant scorpion's spiritual power truly impacted his mind, he still had the illusion of being in a spiritual tsunami.

His body seemed to bend involuntarily, and he stared helplessly at the mutated giant scorpion...

Watching its enormous pincers tear down.

The terrifying force granted the giant pincers an astonishing acceleration, even tearing through the air, with a faint white mist visible at the very tip of the pincers…

That's the sound barrier!

No martial artist can withstand a strike that can break the sound barrier!
Intermediate martial artists are no good, advanced martial artists are no good, and there aren't even one or two truly advanced martial artists in Starlight City...

That won't work either!

Faced with this attack, the light in Ji Fuyou's spiritual world burned to its extreme, rapidly incinerating the majestic figure of the mutated giant scorpion that seemed to be imprinted deep in his heart.

He struggled with all his might to break free from the mental oppression, even...

At the moment when the phantom of the mutated giant scorpion projected into the spiritual world was burned away, he clearly saw every movement and every detail of the mutated giant scorpion.

It seems to be a slight backlash from breaking through the mental techniques.

It seemed to be a spiritual energy atomization that even Ji Fuyou himself hadn't noticed!
Just as the blow was about to land, his figure suddenly flashed!
Instantly, he dodged the attack, which was powerful enough to shatter the air, and whistled past to the side.

Even though the attack didn't hit Ji Fuyou, his clothes seemed to have been struck by a tremendous force, shattering into pieces and revealing clearly visible blood and flesh underneath...

This is not force, nor is it the edge of a blade!
It's an air explosion caused by compressing air at extreme speeds!
"Oh!"

The ground shook.

The moment Ji Fuyou stood, a visible shockwave exploded outwards. The solid stone ground, as if made of tofu, was smashed into pieces by the mutated giant scorpion's pincers, creating a spiderweb-like crack about a meter in diameter.

The force contained in the splashed pebbles that hit Ji Fuyou was even greater than the force of Lu Xingchen's hidden attack when he directly confronted it!
However, Ji Fuyou, with his body tumbling, rushed forward at top speed.

There……

A crossbow cart nearly two meters long suddenly appeared before our eyes.

At this moment, his perception and thinking reached their peak.

The aiming angle of the ballista!
Location of the mutated giant scorpion!
The triggering device for another ballista!

The distance between myself and the ballista!

The angle at which the sword in my hand will be thrown...

Countless pieces of information flooded through my mind like a torrent, and I quickly drew conclusions!
Behind them, the mutated giant scorpion, having missed its attack, hissed and gave chase at high speed, its tail raised high as if about to spray venom.

But at this moment, it seems to have stepped into a second trap!

"Buzz!"

The sound of the bowstring snapping echoed once again through the mist.

Having learned from its previous experience, this time, the mutated giant scorpion reacted with extreme speed.

Its mental strength of at least 25 seconds allowed it to clearly discern the trajectory of this attack.

The massive scorpion pincers fiercely met the attack!
"boom!"

Debris splashing.

The metal-forged crossbow was actually shattered by the giant mutated scorpion's pincers made of tibia and tarsal bones.

This shocking yet unbelievable scene is enough to overturn the worldview of any biologist!
Almost as the mutated giant scorpion swung its pincers and shattered the 1.5-meter-long metal arrow, Ji Fuyou's longsword, which he had just thrown, accurately struck the crossbow cart.

Strength...

Perfectly executed!

The ballista, which had been positioned correctly, was now tilted slightly...

Lateral displacement of less than 5 degrees.

At the same time, the arrow was triggered!
"call out!"

The bowstring trembled violently!

The mutated giant scorpion, having just shattered the heavy metal arrow with its pincers, hadn't even had time to adjust its body before continuing its attack...

The third arrow, weighing a full ten pounds, tore through the fog with terrifying speed—enough to make the mutated giant scorpion unable to dodge even if it could spot it—and struck precisely at the intersection of its head, thorax, and carapace!
An explosive force pierced through!

Instantly shattered the mutated giant scorpion's brain ganglion complex!
Half a second!

It took less than half a second!

This terrifying beast, which had just been so fierce and unstoppable, was now like a war machine whose circuit had been cut.

The massive body was forcibly shut down and collapsed with a thud in the next instant.

(End of this chapter)